"If I was in charge of Cornwall Council, I would make sure that this area was preserved as an isolated wildlife refuge without any chance of further disruption. I would allow limited access, possibly with guides, but with as much educational input as possible. But what does Cornwall Council actually do? They plan to put a massive waste incinerator right in the middle of it!"

Hardly anything except perhaps mobile phone technology, has moved as fast as methods for dealing with waste. Technology that was state of the art five years ago is now totally out of date. The reasons for this are firstly that we have become seriously aware of what will happen to the planet if we keep plundering the finite resources, coupled with the effect that waste emissions have on the atmosphere. Secondly the discovery that waste is worth a lot of money.